https://xkcd.com/2929

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While it seemed like a fun prank at the time, I realize my prank fire extinguishers full of leaded gasoline were a mistake.

  • SonnyVabitch@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    It’s not uncommon in scifi. Netflix’s Three Body Problem also explores such a solution in quite some depth.

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      2 months ago

      I love The Three Body Problem, both the books and the show. But it bothered me to no end to read Netflix’s Three Body Problem.

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        2 months ago

        I’m not familiar with the books, and the plot summary of their Wikipedia article does not mention nuclear propulsion whereas the article for the series does, so I went with that.

        Unless what bothers you is the x followed by the apostrophe and the s, which I never know when to omit the s, so it is what it is.

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          2 months ago

          Ah gotcha. Yeah you should check out the books if you’re liking the show! The books go into a ton more detail and the Staircase Project is pretty cool. Seeing it on the screen is cool too, but if you really wanna nerd out I highly recommend the books.